Stalin, Udhayanidhi trying to poach TVK MLAs with huge sums of money: Minister C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar

MADURAI Minister for Energy Resources and Law C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar has alleged that DMK president and former Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and his son and former Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin are continuously attempting to poach Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam MLAs using huge sums of money. Addressing journalists here on Wednesday, the Minister claimed that while the DMK and the AIADMK previously planned to field a joint candidate with the BJP’s backing in the recent byelection, similar political manoeuvres were being planned for the upcoming elections.

“Earlier efforts by the DMK and the AIADMK fell through due to internal pushback from senior leaders like Kanimozhi and K.N. Nehru,” he said. Nevertheless, observing the shifting political winds in Tamil Nadu, Mr. Stalin and Mr.

Udhayanidhi remained desperate to spend crores of rupees to acquire TVK MLAs, he noted. He asserted that the administration led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay would prove immune to such corrupt ploys.